Granard, Co. Longford scores 51/100 for quality of life, #100 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €174,000 (most €144,625–€207,875), it scores 77/100 for safety (35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,268 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and safety, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
Ranked on quality of life alone — cost of living excluded, so the genuinely best areas rank top even though they cost more. Factor in price and Granard is #89 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
1,268 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Granard, Co. Longford, scores 51/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #100 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and safety.
Granard scores 77/100 on safety, ~35.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Granard over the last 24 months was €174,000, most between €144,625 and €207,875 (Property Price Register).
Granard is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 26% → 12% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 1 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Granard — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
8 planning applications were lodged within Granard in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (74 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Granard scores 73/100 for families and community.
Granard scores 20/100 for schools and education, with 4 schools in the area.
Granard is about 94 minutes by road from Dublin.
Sale prices from the Property Price Register (rolling 24 months). Quality of Life averages seven equal-weighted dimensions from 40+ metrics across 13 public datasets (CSO census + SAPS, Garda crime, SEAI, EPA, DES schools, GTFS). Population is CSO Census 2022; the “on the up” trajectory compares 2016→2022. Figures refresh daily · an area assessment, not advice on a specific property. Updated August 2026.